'Mpanatigghi (Sicilian Chocolate-Meat Cookies) | Saveur

Name: 'Mpanatigghi (Sicilian Chocolate-Meat Cookies) | Saveur
Ingredients: 2 1 ⁄ 2 cups Italian soft grain '00' flour (13 ½ oz.), plus more for dusting; 1 ⁄ 3 cup sugar; 8 tbsp. (1 stick or 4 oz.) cold unsalted butter, cut into cubes; 9 large egg yolks; 1 tbsp. vegetable oil; 4 1 ⁄ 2 oz. fatty ground beef; 1 ⁄ 4 tsp. kosher salt; 4 1 ⁄ 2 oz. whole almonds (¾ cup); 2 oz. Sicilian candied fruit (orange, squash, and pear), finely chopped (½ cup total); 2 oz. bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped; 2 oz. sugar (3 Tbsp. plus 2 tsp.); 1 ⁄ 2 tsp. ground cinnamon; 1 ⁄ 2 tsp. ground nutmeg; 4 large egg whites; 1 large egg; Powdered sugar, for dusting

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These surprisingly delicious cookies which combine chocolate, candied fruit, and ground beef are a specialty of Modica in southern Sicily.

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Ingredients

2 1⁄2 cups Italian soft grain '00' flour (13 ½ oz.), plus more for dusting
1⁄3 cup sugar
8 tbsp. (1 stick or 4 oz.) cold unsalted butter, cut into cubes
9 large egg yolks
1 tbsp. vegetable oil
4 1⁄2 oz. fatty ground beef
1⁄4 tsp. kosher salt
4 1⁄2 oz. whole almonds (¾ cup)
2 oz. Sicilian candied fruit (orange, squash, and pear), finely chopped (½ cup total)
2 oz. bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped
2 oz. sugar (3 Tbsp. plus 2 tsp.)
1⁄2 tsp. ground cinnamon
1⁄2 tsp. ground nutmeg
4 large egg whites
1 large egg
Powdered sugar, for dusting